CD8+ T cells specific for the islet autoantigen IGRP are restricted in their T cell receptor chain usage

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Fuchs, Yannick F ^a,b,c   Eugster, Anne ^a   Dietz, Sevina ^a,b,c   Sebelefsky, Christian ^d   Kühn, Denise ^a   Wilhelm, Carmen ^a   Lindner, Annett ^a,b,c   Gavrisan, Anita ^e   Knoop, Jan ^d,e   Dahl, Andreas ^f   Ziegler, Anette G ^d,e,g   Bonifacio, Ezio ^a,b,c,e  

^a CENTER FOR REGENERATIVE THERAPIES DRESDEN   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c GERMAN CENTER FOR DIABETES RESEARCH DZD   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^e Forschergruppe Diabetes eV   (Germany)

^f DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^g TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; G6PC2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATASE; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CLONE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; PANCREAS ISLET; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AUTOANTIGENS; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CLONE CELLS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATASE; HUMANS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; MALE; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85015392227     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep44661     Document Type: Article

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